Willie Brown Says Trump's Helicopter Crash Story Never Happened  —  In a news conference, the former president recounted a brush with death alongside Willie Brown, the former San Francisco mayor.  A few aspects of the story don't hold up to scrutiny.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump told …

Why Biden Was Really Forced Out of the Race, According to Anita Dunn  —  The longtime presidential adviser blames the press and her party for forcing Biden out of the race.  —  Anita Dunn has no regrets about holding a historically early debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump …

Harris campaign weaponizes crowd size against Trump … - Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are drawing huge crowds as they barnstorm swing states this week, generating an exuberant atmosphere that had been missing from the Biden campaign.

Lawrence: ‘Stupidest’ candidate Trump did not answer reporters' questions  —  Donald Trump rambled and lied for over an hour without any follow up questions or fact-checking.  MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell says that while he hopes Vice President Harris answers questions from reporters …

Oldest Latino civil rights group breaks with past to endorse Harris  —  The Harris-Walz campaign has received the first-ever presidential endorsement from the League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest and largest Latino civil rights group in the country.

MAGA Turns on Joe Rogan as He Endorses RFK Jr. and Not Trump  —  TWIN FLAME  —  Right-wingers on X are not impressed that the popular podcaster is throwing his weight behind RFK Jr.  —  Podcast host and comedian Joe Rogan told listeners he supports longshot presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his show Thursday afternoon.

What the Supreme Court left unsaid about Trump's criminal immunity  —  The federal election case has returned to the trial court.  Now comes the hard part.  —  When the Supreme Court set out to decide Donald Trump's bid for presidential immunity, the justices were aiming to establish “a rule for the ages.”

The Real Reason Trump and Vance Hate Being Called ‘Weird’  —  In 2016, Democrats taunted Donald Trump as “dangerous Donald.”  In 2020, they moved on from dangerous to say that Trump's Republican Party was a threat to the “soul of America.”  Both messages — one relatively successful …

Rep. Meeks on Trump presser: Maybe 'he's not all there anymore'  —  Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) PAC, on Friday suggested former President Trump may be “not all there anymore” after he held a lengthy and rambling press conference.

Is Tim Walz Guilty of ‘Stolen Valor’?  —  His military record isn't a good reason to oppose his candidacy.  —  There are plenty of reasons to criticize Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, and we've told you about several.  But the charges leveled so far about his military service look like …

GOP lawmaker questions Pentagon on Walz's military record  —  Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday expressing his “grave concern” with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's representation of his military service and demanding more information about the Democratic vice presidential nominee's record.

‘Hercules’ Star Kevin Sorbo Tells Kamala Harris to ‘Say the N-word’ If She ‘Really Is Black’  —  UNGODLY  —  Former “Hercules” TV star Kevin Sorbo tweeted that the vice president should say the slur to prove her Blackness, and he was epically torched online for it.

Tim Walz repeatedly hosted Muslim cleric who celebrated Oct. 7 and shared pro-Hitler website link  —  Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, on at least five occasions as governor of Minnesota, hosted a Muslim cleric who celebrated Hamas's Oct. 7 attack last year on Israel and promoted …

Georgia Republican arrested for DUI after hitting bicyclist  —  Republican State Representative Devan Seabaugh was driving in the bicycle lane on Thursday night when he ran into a cyclist.  He was subsequently taken into custody by the North DUI Task Force, according to reports.

Elon Musk tries to dismantle the foundations of US democracy  —  From blatant election interference to ending the NLRB, he's doing all kinds of damage.  —  🚨 This all-free, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers 🚨 If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.

‘Drastically less’: The number of migrants in border towns and some big U.S. cities has plunged  —  Shelter operators attribute the steep drop to President Joe Biden's June executive action limiting asylum claims and stronger efforts by Mexico to intercept U.S.-bound migrants.

Sorry, Richard Nixon  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  Fifty years ago today, Richard Nixon laid down the presidency of the United States, a casualty of the Watergate scandal.  —  The era of Watergate was one of sweeping political reform.